by Tom | May 29, 2008 | Uncategorized
Friendfeed seems to be a reasonable attempt at pulling together a gazillion social networking sites in one place. Typically, I can´t be bothered to use it
by Tom | May 24, 2008 | Uncategorized
Too early to be at T5, but the lounge is nice and it was a very easy bag drop and security.
by Tom | May 23, 2008 | Uncategorized
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss very good tonight. [Update – reviews concur. Funny how the album didn’t work for me first time round, but hearing it done live and with sporadic commentary made an enormous difference. The band was astonishing –...
by Tom | May 22, 2008 | Uncategorized
In a typical slightly undocumented Microsoft move, you need to open up TCP port 4125 as well as port 3389 (which is the standard RDP port) to allow a remote user to log in through the SBS Remote Web Workplace. So why not just say so somewhere?
by Tom | May 22, 2008 | Uncategorized
UBS has just given BlackRock an $11.25bn loan to pay $15bn for Alt-A assets worth $22bn. I guess they trust BlackRock more than Alt-A and this crystallises a loss and allows them to move on. It feels quite off-balance-sheet to me.
by Tom | May 22, 2008 | Uncategorized
Interesting study of a medical research effort that is cross-sector, collaborative and keeps many parties´ interests aligned. I wonder if there is a similar approach for government?
by Tom | May 22, 2008 | Uncategorized
The comment is based on Facebook applications, but step out from the day job and wonder what it would be like for your organisation.
by Tom | May 22, 2008 | Uncategorized
Very interesting (and unknown to me) fact about the Tata Nano car: it is designed in modules that can be assembled anywhere by anyone – a radical change to the normal automotive industry (kit cars aren´t a huge part, I feel). How do you help people...
by Tom | May 22, 2008 | Uncategorized
Nice article from Ideal Government on why the starting point is not positive for government services. Imagine a bank where you kept your current account, mortgage, healthand car insurance. Perhaps you´ve been with it all your life, becausethere is no choice....
by Tom | May 22, 2008 | Uncategorized
Here are some amazing images and videos of a nano-scale robot dribbling a nano-scale football – on a playing field smaller than a grain of rice. Just amazing.
